In war-torn Rome, Floria Tosca and Mario Cavaradossi live for each other and for their art. But when Cavaradossi helps an escaped prisoner, the lovers make a deadly enemy in the form of Baron Scarpia, Chief of Police. At the mercy of Scarpia’s twisted desires, Tosca is forced to make a horrific bargain: sleeping with the man she hates in order to save the man she loves. Can she find a way out?

A star-studded cast includes soprano Anna Netrebko performing the role of Tosca, tenor Freddie De Tommaso as Cavaradossi, and bass-baritone Gerald Finley as Scarpia, with Music Director of The Royal Opera Jakub Hrůša conducting his first new production in the role. An alternative, modern-day Rome provides the backdrop for Oliver Mears’ unmissable, gripping new production of Puccini’s thriller.

Sung in Italian with English subtitles.

Creatives:

Composer: Giacomo Puccini

Conductor: Jakub Hrůša

Director: Oliver Mears

Set Designer: Simon Lima Holdsworth

Costume Designer: Ilona Karas

Lighting Designer: Fabiana Piccioli

Movement Director: Anna Morrissey

Cast:

Floria Tosca: Anna Netrebko

Mario Cavaradossi: Freddie De Tommaso

Baron Scarpia: Gerald Finley

Spoletta: Carlo Bosi

Cesare Angelotti: Ossian Huskinson

Sacristan: Alessandro Corbelli

Sciarrone: Siphe Kwani

what to expect

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